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May 24, 1927.

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Patented May 24, 1927.

I UNITED STATES HOWARD W. READ. OF BENTON HARBOR,

MICHIGAN, .ASSIGNOR T BAKER-VAWTER COMPANY, OF BEN'ION HARBOR, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MIOHIGAN.

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Application filed March 22. 1924. Serial no. 701,037,

In carrying on many kinds of business, particularly in making bookkeeping entries of various kinds of transaction, it; is desirable to make, on a typewriting or posting machine, a record on one sheet of a considerable number of items, and at the same writing, by means of a carbon or transfer sheet,'produce a number of separate sheets or slips, each containing one of the individlo ual items, for distribution to different departments of the business, or different book keepers, according to the requirements of the particular case. Thus, an invoice may be made, showing shipment of a number of 16 different articles, and it may be desired to distribute separate memoranda of the items to different bookkeepers to make proper entries of the articles in different stock records; or a record sheet may be made showing cash receipts entered in the order of their receipt, and it may be desired to distribute the individual items according to their alphabetical order, or numerically, or

' geographically, or in some other manner,

according to the particular system employed. The separation *of a single manifold copy into separate strips by severing into strips showing individual items is not satisfactory inasmuch as the strips are much too narrow for convenient handling, and the object of my invention is to provide novel means, more desirable and efiicient than any known to me, for. producing posting slips of convenient and satisfactory size for use in sorting and posting the items separately shown thereon. Vith this object in view I have devised and invented the set of bookkeeping forms illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter more fully described, the essential elements of my invention being more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings I have shown my inven tion applied to a set of forms consisting of an invoice, a carbon copy of the same (one only being shown, though this may be omitted, or any desired number may be made), and a set of posting slips, these forms being assembled by means of a guide sheet devised for the urpose of retaining the sheets in registration while the entries are being made thereon. Figure 1 of the drawings is a face view of the set of forms, the different sheets being partially broken away to show their arrangement; Fig. 2 is a face view of the guide sheet and block of individual item slips; Fig. 3 isa vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. l, on a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a face view on a'relatlvely small scale of a modified form of guide sheet. l The same reference characters designate a the same parts in all the figures of the draw- The invoice sheet 1, carbon transfer sheet Qand duplicate invoice sheet- 3 are of any desired or appropriate form arranged to be inserted in a typewriting machine to receive the list of entries 4. Beneath a second carbon sheet 5 is arranged a block of overlap ping posting slips, designated as a whole by the reference numeral 6, the construction and arrangement of which is best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The block 6 consists of a set of strips of paper 7, wider than a line space between the items of the invoice sheet and preferably of somewhat firm and heavy stock, overlapping on horizontal lines 8 which are distant from each other the same distance as the line so space of the invoice sheet. These individual item strips, which form ,the posting units, are secured together by binding strips of paper 9 pasted to' the ends of the slips along the vertical side margins of the block, though if desired thebinding strips may be omitted and the slips secured together by an adhesive directly uniting their end portions. For convenience in separating the, posting slips from the block and at the same on time from each other, the block is provided with opposite lines of perforations 10. parallel with its side margins and adjacent the inner edges of the binding strips or the pasted ends of the slips, as the case may be. i

The invoice forms and block of posting slips are held in registration by means of the guide sheet 11, preferably formed of tough firm stock with its grain running transversely across the sheet, the sheet being provided with positioning members arranged to'engage the upper margins of the invoice sheets and the block of slips. In the present .in-; stance these posting members comprise tongues 12, preferably two or more in numher, cut out from the body of the guide sheet and arranged to engage the top of the invoice sheet and copy. and similar tongues 13 arranged to. engage the top of block of posting slips 6 in such position that the exposed face of the uppermost slip will register with the entry space of the invoice sheet designed to receive the first entry. Obviously, the top of the guide sheet may be turned down to form a positioning member equivalent to the tongues 12, as indicated at 14 in Fig. 4, or the positioning members for both the invoice sheet and bloc of slips, or either, may consist of the free wings of folded squares of paper cemented to the guide sheet, as shown at 15 in said figure.

From the description given it is obvious that the invoice sheets and bloc of postin slips, assembled in registration as describe on the guide sheet, may be inserted in a typewriting machine and any desired items 1nserted, and the successive items on the entry spaces of the invoice will appear in order on the exposed faces of the individual item strips of the block forming the posting slips.

- The unused slips of a block may be used with another invoice, provided the block contains sufficient slips to receive the entries to be made, (the superfluous portions of the bind ing stri s being torn off) and there is therefore litt e waste in using the blocks.

While I have described my invention with reference to an invoice blank and a block of posting slips, it is obvious that it is applicable to any other forms which include a collective entry sheet and a set of individual item slips of greater width than a line space on the entry sheet and it will be understood that I intend the appended claims to cover all applications of my invention to various uses of which the recited structure is capable.

I claim:

1. In bookkee ing forms, a collective entry sheet, abloc of overlapping individual item slips of eater width than a line space on the entry 5 eet secured together along the side margins of the block and having exposed faces arranged to register with the entry spaces on such entry sheet, and impression transfer means between said entry sheet and said block of slips.

2. In bookkee ing forms, a collective entry sheet, a bloc of overlapping individual item slips of greater width than a line space on the entry sheet and having exposed faces arranged to register with the entry spaces on such entry sheet, said osting slips being secured together by blllt ing strips along their side margins of the block, and impression transfer means between said entry sheet and said block of slips.

3. In bookkeeping forms, a collective entry sheet, a block of overlapping individual item slips of greater width than a line space on the entry sheet and having exposed faces arranged to register with the entry spaces on such entry sheet, said block of posting slips being formed with lines of perforation adjacent the side margins of the block, and impression transfer means between said entry sheet and said block of slips.

4. In bookkeepin forms, a collective entry sheet, a block of overlapping individual item slips of greater Width than a line space on the entry sheet and having exposed faces arranged to register with the entry spaces on such entry sheet, saidosting. slips being secured together b bin ing strips along their side margins an being formed with lines of perforations adjacent said binding strips,

and impression transfer means between said entry sheet and said block of slips.

HOWARD W. READ. 

